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vor i [ 89 ] no ra the north-carolina lvl i vj r 1 ! -\ hi i j or u nive r s a l intelligence r o from frid ay august 17 to f r iday august 24 1764 tht remainder of the address began in cur lajl #&Â£> 4sh&4 h k next tonnderation ss -:; t g whether the#rmver given into | p j Â£,* the hands of france by the bf 2 *\ Â£> late peaces may increafe her 4 .-â€¢ r wavfli force lo tar as to riaz-ird rv 4 v .;- v the security of this kingdom \{ this fliould ever prove to be the cafe every honeft man's heart in it will tremble for the fajety of bis king and this focr nation and i.!s tongue wilicuife the authors of the dan ger the prodigious trade freely given back cut ol oui own hands to france feerns at pre fent to lo k up n us with 3 gloomy afpe on this account u ntity of jhippirg and confequcnt hrs fupj rted ] k was not known or believed before the succeflcs of our a*rms revealed the . .... but when it was knowriy that it houlvj then be all voluntarily thrown back t i m agai i together with that nuritry i seamen tfiie newfoundland fijhery ; s to ii ' r ly unaccountable and at prefenl extremely dangerous if the miniitrv ihci'.q a(k zueuld you have france left without any trade ? we anfwer tf we xvould wio her enough for her own support and defence ; but not more than would keep her hands out of mifchief queft that whatever miniflry may be em ployed in the conduct of our affairs they may guard it with a watchful eye 9 a ftcady conduct a determined vigorous rejolution \ that they may never forget the faithlefs 2nd ungrateful behaviour of francs in this cafe after the peace 6f utretchl tho that was the fir ft treaty which gave her the leaft p.ighl of claim to any share in that trade ihe no fooner found herielf in pdftilicn of it bu boldly ventured to fink any britlfo sbip which prefumed to fifh to the northward of the iuand caiiing that part of the sea her own % cr.d all this upon no better pretence than her being indulged with a liberty to dry her fifh up that part of the coaft of an liland in which at had no right to a foot of land s a pn f-rieior '," e h another power cf france relating to tl>is aÂ£air which requires to be equally wauiitd and prevented otherwife it mzy prove equally dellruclive as it may in time give france the monopoly of that tifhc ry ; that is her power to underwork us 1 and confequtntfy to underfell us in foreign mar kets for let men he ever fo willing and rea dy to ferve their country it is impoflible for them to fupport a l(fing trade 1 hecjonfc quence is very clear it is not long ago we thougnt we b?d every thing to hope and now furcly the miniflry thcmfelves cannot blame us fov wifhing we hud nothing to fear but notwithft'^ndiffg theft alarming appear ances we are r.ci yet left without h pe we iiuve the protect icn of that divine providerce to depend upon which has fo remarkably fa voured this nation even in the mult pmlouf m time with regard to ht newfoundland f fiery % your majeft will give us leave to exprefs the ftrong senfe we have of the neceffary im portance of fecuring the power and intercft of your majefty's dominions i thn fiffiery which is one of the inoi eftentiil foundaticrs ef our nay^l power ; and it is our earned re

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vor i [ 89 ] no ra the north-carolina lvl i vj r 1 ! -\ hi i j or u nive r s a l intelligence r o from frid ay august 17 to f r iday august 24 1764 tht remainder of the address began in cur lajl #&Â£> 4sh&4 h k next tonnderation ss -:; t g whether the#rmver given into | p j Â£,* the hands of france by the bf 2 *\ Â£> late peaces may increafe her 4 .-â€¢ r wavfli force lo tar as to riaz-ird rv 4 v .;- v the security of this kingdom \{ this fliould ever prove to be the cafe every honeft man's heart in it will tremble for the fajety of bis king and this focr nation and i.!s tongue wilicuife the authors of the dan ger the prodigious trade freely given back cut ol oui own hands to france feerns at pre fent to lo k up n us with 3 gloomy afpe on this account u ntity of jhippirg and confequcnt hrs fupj rted ] k was not known or believed before the succeflcs of our a*rms revealed the . .... but when it was knowriy that it houlvj then be all voluntarily thrown back t i m agai i together with that nuritry i seamen tfiie newfoundland fijhery ; s to ii ' r ly unaccountable and at prefenl extremely dangerous if the miniitrv ihci'.q a(k zueuld you have france left without any trade ? we anfwer tf we xvould wio her enough for her own support and defence ; but not more than would keep her hands out of mifchief queft that whatever miniflry may be em ployed in the conduct of our affairs they may guard it with a watchful eye 9 a ftcady conduct a determined vigorous rejolution \ that they may never forget the faithlefs 2nd ungrateful behaviour of francs in this cafe after the peace 6f utretchl tho that was the fir ft treaty which gave her the leaft p.ighl of claim to any share in that trade ihe no fooner found herielf in pdftilicn of it bu boldly ventured to fink any britlfo sbip which prefumed to fifh to the northward of the iuand caiiing that part of the sea her own % cr.d all this upon no better pretence than her being indulged with a liberty to dry her fifh up that part of the coaft of an liland in which at had no right to a foot of land s a pn f-rieior '," e h another power cf france relating to tl>is aÂ£air which requires to be equally wauiitd and prevented otherwife it mzy prove equally dellruclive as it may in time give france the monopoly of that tifhc ry ; that is her power to underwork us 1 and confequtntfy to underfell us in foreign mar kets for let men he ever fo willing and rea dy to ferve their country it is impoflible for them to fupport a l(fing trade 1 hecjonfc quence is very clear it is not long ago we thougnt we b?d every thing to hope and now furcly the miniflry thcmfelves cannot blame us fov wifhing we hud nothing to fear but notwithft'^ndiffg theft alarming appear ances we are r.ci yet left without h pe we iiuve the protect icn of that divine providerce to depend upon which has fo remarkably fa voured this nation even in the mult pmlouf m time with regard to ht newfoundland f fiery % your majeft will give us leave to exprefs the ftrong senfe we have of the neceffary im portance of fecuring the power and intercft of your majefty's dominions i thn fiffiery which is one of the inoi eftentiil foundaticrs ef our nay^l power ; and it is our earned re